shimmied

Danced with vibrations

Shimmied is the past tense of shimmy.

To shimmy is to shake or vibrate rapidly, especially with a side-to-side motion: The car shimmied when I hit 60 mph.

It also means to move with a wiggling, dancing motion: She shimmied across the dance floor.

You can shimmy up a pole or tree by gripping and inching upward: He shimmied up the drainpipe to reach the window.

dance

wiggle

Move with small twists

  • swayRock back and forth
  • sashayWalk with showy confidence
  • grooveNarrow cut or routine

boogie · jiggle · undulate · gyrate · twist · shake · salsa · rumba · belly-dance · cha-cha

seductive

sultry

Hot, humid, or alluring

sensual · alluring · enticing · coquettish · teasing · burlesque · striptease · suggestive · come-hither · smoldering

sliding

wiggle

Move with small twists

  • easeLack of strain
  • slipMinor error or misstep
  • slideSmooth continuous movement

glide · jiggle · nudge · coax · loosen · pry · wrangle · drawer

playful

frolicsome

Inclined to merriment

giggly · spirited · carefree · bouncy · flirty · teasing · coy · impish · silly · fun-loving

climbing

squeeze

Firm bilateral compression

  • wriggleTwisting, snakelike movement
  • edgeBoundary or sharpness
  • inchTwelfth of a foot

maneuver · wedge · scale · clamber · shinny · scramble · pipe · pole · drainpipe · rope

Opposites
movement/motion

shimmiedstood still

Ceased all movement

froze · stayed put · halted · stopped · paused

movement quality

shimmiedplodded

Walked laboriously

trudged · lumbered · stomped · clomped · staggered

Family

shimmies

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G